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🩸 Many countries have banned gay and bisexual men from giving blood since the 1980s.
🏳️🌈 But attitudes and rules have changed over the past few years.
👇 For #WorldBloodDonorDay, we look at the history of the laws and which countries are making progress. 🧵
🏳️🌈 But attitudes and rules have changed over the past few years.
👇 For #WorldBloodDonorDay, we look at the history of the laws and which countries are making progress. 🧵
🔴 Why do blood donation bans exist in the first place?
🌍 Many countries introduced controls during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
🇺🇸 The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981 among gay men in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
🌍 Many countries introduced controls during the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the 1980s.
🇺🇸 The first cases of AIDS were reported in 1981 among gay men in Los Angeles, San Francisco and New York.
⭕️ By the end of the year, there were 337 reported cases of what was then known as a “gay-related immune deficiency”.
130 people had died.
🌍 Four years later, there was at least one reported AIDS case in every region of the world.
130 people had died.
🌍 Four years later, there was at least one reported AIDS case in every region of the world.
